Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt is desperate to forge a career in football when he finally hangs up his spikes after next summer's Wolrd Championships in London - but he might have a bit of competition to become the fastest man in the game from an ex- Aston Villa winger.

The Jamaican has often spoken of his desire to sign for the club he supports, Manchester United, during regular visits to Old Trafford.

But he faces competition for the title of world's fastest footballer from former Villa man Adama Traore, who claims he has never met a faster footballer than him.

The ex-Barcelona man now plies his trade at Middlesbrough following a short stay at Villa Park in which he made just 11 appearances in the first team.

One quality that was never in question during his time at Villa was his ferocious speed.

And Traore reckons he has clocked speeds of up to 37.5km/h when running with the ball!

“I think maybe in the world there is a player quicker than me but maybe I’m the fastest.

“Maybe there is no player faster than me in the world. But it’s only good when you do crossing or shooting at the end.”

Aston Villa's Adama Traore

To put Traore’s claims into context, the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt ran at 44.72km/h when he won gold at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin on his way to setting a still unbeaten world record of 9.58 seconds.

Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin is known for his dynamism from right-back and claimed to have ran the 40m dash in 4.41 seconds - Bolt only managed 4.46 in the first 40m of that world record run, but he isn’t known for being fast out the blocks.

However, Bellerin is way down in 17th on the list that Vardy tops having only managed 34.74km/h with the ball at his feet.

So maybe, just maybe, Adama Traore is the quickest player to have ever played the game.